Pediatricians' Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Diagnosis and Treatment of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders: A National Survey Approach

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 1211-1216

  Kwasman, Alan ^a   Tinsley, Barbara J ^b,c   Lepper, Heidi S ^b  

^a Pediatric Group of Riverside ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMPHETAMINES; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLONIDINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDDLE AGE; PEDIATRICS; PEMOLINE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0028785707     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170240029004     Document Type: Article

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